Mine-car body.



E. E. SLICK.

MINE CAR BODY. APPLICATION man NOV.18, 1915.

Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

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. i=5 w v EDWIN 'E. SLICK, or wns'rlvroii'r, BOROUGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

MINE-CAR BtinY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.'atented Nov. 28.1916.

Original application filed J'uneB. X915. Serial No. 32,998. Divided and this application filed November 18, v

} '1915, Serial No. 62.082. i

To H whom it may concern:

lie. it known that l. Enwlx E. Suck, a citizen of the l nited States, and a resident of \Ycstmont Borough, county of Cambria, and State of Pennsylvania, whose post-office address is Johnstown, 1 enns vl\"ania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mine-( ar llodies: and I do hereby declare the following to be a full. clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to'mine or other cars. with particular reference to those made of metal, whereby alight. strong. economical and convenient car body is produced.

()no of the objects of my inv'entionis to provide. a car body of simple, butat the same time. light form of construction which shall be stitt' enough to carry the lading. and one. which is so fashioned that a part of the car floor servesns a center sill to transmit biiliing and pulling stresses and at thesame time gives strength and stitlnes's'to the car floor and the. body thereof to enable it to transmit the weight of the lading to the axles and \vheels'without undue deflection.

My invention also relates, to other portions of the construction. as will hereinafter more fully appear.

lhis application is a division of my ap-,

plication filed June 9. 191:), Serial No. 39.998. entitled Mine war.

Referring now to the. annexed sheet of drawings, which forms part of these specifications:-l*igure l. is a top plan view of my mine car; Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse.

sectional elevation taken on the line Illl' cated as 3, the lowcr portions substantially.

vertical and their upper portions flaring outwardly, and tare the flanged or beaded top edges of the car sides, which form a neat finish, and-at. the same time stiffen the structure and prevent the (lOfOl'lRtltiOIlSWhiCll might otherwise occur, due to impact of lumps of coal. shocks due to knocking shovels or bars thereon. or in fact anythingwhich might distort the edge of the body. As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the end plates of the car body indicated at 5, are substantially 0l'tl(fll and are provided with flanged bottom and side edges 6, as shown and furtherproyided witlrnotches 7 in the. flanges (i for the purpose of fitting the same around and on the center sill 2. as illustrated. The beaded top edges of the end plates are indicated as 8, while 9 is the axle casing on which the body is mounted and which contains the car axles, which axles and casings are securedto the car body by the straps l0 and the connections as shown. The car wheels are indicated at 11. 12 is the draft gear supporting plate. 13 is'the draw bar yoke of the draft rigging; H is the draw bar stop plate. 15 are the bent forward ends of the draw-bar, 16 are the bulling faces of thebumper, '17 are the flanged sides of the bun'iper; whereby it is attached by the rivets 18' to the draw bar, 19 is the bumper stop plate. As shown in Fig. 1,'th e car floor 1 is formed of two pieces of metal with the centcr sill 2 formed of an inverted channel section 20, having outwardly extending flanges 21 extending longitudinally of the car and 1 are the floor plates, 22 are external angles secured to the floor p'l'ates and to the side plates 23, .Hare internal angles secured to the side plates 23 and to the top plate 25, the

whole forming a longitudinal box like structnre, extending longitudinally of the center of the car floor.

Referring now to Fig. 4, which illustrates another form of construction of. my center sill, the floor plates are indicated as 1, while 22 are the exterior corner angles secured thereto, and to theside plates 23, while between the upper portion of the side plates 23 the rolled channel 26 is riveted or bolted to the side plates as shown, this construction forms ing a box-like projection extending longitudinally of the center of the car body. The up wardly projecting portion of the plate floor of the car-on the longitudinal center line thereof forms a, trough and girder of rigid construction welladapted to stiffen the floor and car body to enable it to better carry the v floed,- vhile at the same time this trough pro- -;j follower Poured. his trough, as shown, formed integrally with-the.

may be built up of various p ates and shapes 'as', desired. This trough may be inverted or may be'upright, as illustrated by the portion '12, in which case all may be below the plate floor.

wishto be limited'to the details thereof, as shown verted trough,

vides 's suitable receptacle for the draft ri ging, inclosing and guiding the inner en of-the same, and it a. so forms the center sill and the draft sill ofthecar, to which'fthe lates for the draft rigging are bemay .be late bottom or or most of the trough Although I have described and illustrated my invention in considerable detail, I do not exact and specified and described, but may use such modifications in, substitutions for, or equivalents thereof, as are embraced within the scope of my invention or, as

pointed out in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what 7 I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a car body, open at the top, a plate floor, a; trough extending longitudinally of the car andsecured on the plate floor, thereby forming acombined stifi'ener and center sill.

2. An open top metal car body, comprising floor plates, spaced apart at the longitudinal center of the car, on which plates is an incomprised of corner angles, top plate, secured together plates, thereby providing a side plates and and on the floor combined stiffener and center sill.

.ternal lower angles,

3. A metallic car bod comprising a plate floor, .an inverted trough, composed of exside plates secured-to Said angles, an inverted .cha-nnel, located and secured between the uppe'r portions of .are provided moc a said, side phat, lid; trough tang, secured "to thefloor plates, the'reby rovidin a com 'bined stifl'ener and center sill. 8

car body comprising a. plate floor, an upwardly pro ecting and ongitudinslly extending portion ofinverted,

trough form, thereby forming a stiflener and Y center sill, sides extending upwardl and integrally from the floor rtion, t e upper portions of which sides are outwardly and with a rounded head on their upperedges. I

5. A metallic car body comprising a plate upwardly from the sides thereof, the up r portions flaring outwardly, with. end plates fitted therein and provided with means for securing them to the bottom and side plates aforesaid.

' '6. A car body comprising a" plate floor, provided with, a longitudinally extendin and upwardly projecting portion of inverted trough form. side portions formed integral with the bottom said sides flaring outwardly, end plates pro vided with flanges adapted to fit against said bottom and side portions, means for secur ing the end plates to the bottom and side plates, theintermediate lower portions of said end lates being each provided with a notch and flanges thereof, whereby said end plate fit's around theupwardly projecting portion of the bot tom and means for securing the same thereto.

In witness whereof I ave hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses;

Faro A. Sum, Oravu B. Hrcxox.

in combination portions, the upper parts of" extending from the limits sov EDWIN E. sL cK 

